Press Order of Lebanon, or Lebanese Press Syndicate, has its roots in the beginning of the twentieth century, when journalists formed pseudo committees for gathering & cooperating for the service of the press and to ease the burden of their restrictions as it were in 1911 during the Ottoman era. Fares Nemer, one of the owners of the "extract" and "Mokattam" and a member of the Senate in Egypt at that time. The meeting was attended by all journalists in Beirut to study the press. The statement, which was broadcast after the meeting, said that they discussed matters leading to the strengthening of the press and making it a great force working for the service of the state and the nation. They unanimously elected: Khalil Sarkis, Sheikh Ahmed Tabara, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Salam and Paul Al Kholi, And entrusted its presidency to Mr. Khalil Sarkis, and on behalf of the presidency to Sheikh Ahmed Tabara, and the secretariat of the Fund to Sheikh Abdul Rahman Salam, and the secretariat to Professor Paul Kholi. On the second day, the committee met and began to lay down its basic law and approved 18 articles and stopped at this point.

In 1918, the Press Association was founded in Beirut as a branch of the Ottoman Press Society in Istanbul and directly affiliated to it. It was headed by Georges Harfoush, owner of the Journal of Beirut, and on behalf of its author, Mohammed Baqer.

The first press union of this name was born in the house of Khalil Sarkis in 1919 and was then headed by Ramez Sarkis and then renewed his election at a meeting called by Habib Saleem al-Bustani at the Royal Hotel after a dispute over the powers of the presidency among the members of the committee, Al-Khouri to establish the constituent union system.

In 1924, the union was headed by Wadih Aql and renewed in 1928. During his reign, the union established its club in the municipality palace. Its successor was Bishara Abdullah al-Khouri, known as Khattal al-Saghir, Jabran al-Tuwaini and Khalil Kassib. In 1942, when the union of newspaper owners grew up and took up positions in its mayor: Michel Zakkour, Khairuddin Ahdab, Gabriel Khabaz, Mohamed Baqer, Karam Melhem Karam, Najib Elian, Kamil Youssef Chamoun, Mehdi El Nisouli and Zidan Dahir Zeidan. However, the progress and development of the journalistic industry made it necessary to proceed with further regulation of their technical and technical development. The first appearance of this organization, the separation of editors and correspondents and independence in the formation of two unions of each.

In 1935, a committee was formed, headed by the late Michel Zkour. The union also drafted its first law by a committee headed by Wadih Aql. The second law was set up by a committee headed by the Jesuit father Robert Chidiac. Finally, a draft law was prepared for the union, a committee headed by the late Gibran Tueni in 1942.

Northern Press Syndicate

In 1932 Yasser al-Adhami, the owner of Al-Akhbar newspaper, which was published in Tripoli daily, called on his colleagues in the northern capital to write a press syndicate in the province. He called several people and held several meetings in the house of the owner of the newspaper "Sergeant" Yousef Nasr. To the press in northern Lebanon by the establishment of a union of them, opposed the authority in that and after many reviews continued until 1938 allowed the journalists of the north to establish a union of them, respectively headed by a number of owners of newspapers in the north.

The Syndicate of Lebanese Press Editors was born at the Migrants Club Beirut after four consecutive sessions held by the efforts of Monsignor Luis Khalil and some of the press. At a meeting held by the editors on Friday, August 29, 1941, they decided to establish a union independent of the rest of the journalists. On 8 September of the same year they ratified the law of their basic union, and on 9 October 1941 they elected their first council. A week later, on 19 January, the council elected its mayor. The union was headed by Robert Abella and was editor in the newspaper "Al-Bashir". In accordance with the decree of the Association of Editors of Lebanese Newspapers, Decree No. 72 of 11/4/1953, Issued on 14/9/1962 and its headquarters in Beirut, as an absolute sovereign union and distinct independent entity on the level of professional wire (Ordre) issues decisions that act sentences and resume before the elimination of the rank of the second degree of review, and constitute a global moral body is the representative of all the editors and the only one in their name (Rule 1 of the rules of procedure).

A member of the Syndicate of Lebanese Press Editors is considered to be the "editor of newspapers published in Lebanon" provided they are non-owners and are registered in the syndicate's press schedule in accordance with Article 10 of the Publications Law.